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• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  2012 Facebook group, and reruns of Scrubs. I should get to bed (and I ... choosing your Athena names. Basically, do your best to pick a name you ... awesome feeling. All that's left to finish up this semester is the final

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  campus. I'll get to work on that next week, no problem. EC. Matt and I ... 'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind ... cooler to capitalize on the dual "E.Jones" thing instead of having "E

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  not yet appeared on your MyMIT Tracking; the deadline for ECs to submit ... and the admissions committee will not be able to see it. Preview: On ... allow you to preview your application as a PDF. This PDF is exactly how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  It's easy to get overwhelmed at MIT.  From the pressure cooker of ... :59 am you will invariably be glued to your laptop, frantically refreshing your browser to be the first to sign up for a trip (2) your facebook

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  fact, I usually actively stop myself when I get on that train of thought ... : walking through the infinite on my way to class, studying in Hayden library ... pieces of problems to finish up on Friday morning. I wake up, make coffee

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  to a new domain? In group meetings for this salmon project we get even ... apart in every direction. I quit the plasma physics research: to get any ... —but everyone in the lab was picking up skills on the fly to cobble together

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  advice on what to do. We kept getting calls on our one radio about people ... to be comfortable with in future years. On Tuesdays from 3:10-5:10 pm ... , which is where we really get to practice our skills. LLAB is run by the

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  on my coat to leave and squashed the toy, which blurted out (very ... goes to Xiaoyue Xie '15) Because many MIT undergrads live in the same ... lounge at the bottom of the New House 6 staircase: And, as is our nature

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  difficult for me that it physically aches. that it is difficult to focus on ... was just… there.  during winter break, i went to new york city for a ... is important to realize that this is not an exchange. like new

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  challenge! On the most exciting note to me, I have spent the past three ... physics discoveries, and I tend to get a tad sidetracked in the popular ... easy to read and get an idea about some of my long-term goals within

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  them at the Glass Lab, I ensured that I’d be the first to get my hands on ... [/caption] Do you dare to reach forth and scoop a spoonful for yourself? If you’re ... protesting that the glass must be jam-packed with the energy I need to get

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  plenty of time in the afternoons and on the weekends to explore as much of ... - January 24th) from 10:30am to around 1-1:30pm, depending on what we were ... asphalt ribbons, on the walk to and from class. In an effort to not be one

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  “Fiona, next round, you should use your thumb to push the buzzer, not ... your thumb above the buzzer, so you’re always ready to buzz in.” “Okay ... tiny. “Who’s your favorite supervillain?” We buzzed in to give our

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  collection of thoughts on the internet for a student figuring out how to make ... outlines for how to get into MIT are do well in school, be nice and pursue your passion. Someone should stitch this on a pillow, because these apply

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  I've been working with Daniel on advising a group of freshmen this year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday ... with a large table awaiting us. It was a great opportunity to catch up on

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  November was … read until the end to find out

  

  (crossing our fingers we get in somewhere) New York! We went to New York to ... /Exhausting Interviews We both managed to get to the final stage of the interview process ... SO amazing at making up jokes on the fly!  Escape Room We went to an

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  will get a lot cooler to play with as time goes on. Some of my ... information by clicking on each node, such as your interactions with the given ... different settings), make sure to log in with either your Gmail, Yahoo, or MS

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  the only one on my floor. As hurricane Henri made its way to Rhode ... .01[/annotation] [annotation note="you can take the Advanced Standing Exams to get ... international orientation started, I started meeting new people and going to most

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  on a rolling basis. Despite being from New Orleans, I had not applied ... course of my life. Sarah and I moved, freshly affianced, to New Orleans. I ... disease, and guiding her to a death with dignity, on her terms. Revisiting

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  Princeton. This is an amazing talk. You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek, as he is also a writer, poet and is known to tell ... can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007